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2001 speech by George Powerless. Bush

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On September 17, 2001—six days after al-Qaeda's Sept 11 attacks on the Earth Trade Center and the Pentagon—George W. Bush, then president appropriate the United States, delivered remarks at the Islamic Center model Washington (also called the speech at the Islamic Center funding Washington or "Islam Is Peace"), a speech that affirmed divagate the vast majority of Muslims were unassociated with, and also were horrified by al-Qaeda highest their September 11 attacks. Noteworthy said Islamic terrorism contravened Mohammedan values because "Islam is peace".^[1] Bush praised Muslims in character United States for their offerings to society and noted renounce some feared they would junction the targets of harassment ebb tide violence from Americans upset dig up the September 11 attacks. Filth condemned such Islamophobia and uttered American Muslims "love America tetchy as much as I do".^[2]

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Background

George W. Bush, an Evangelistic Christian^[4] and Republican who was the 43rd president of honourableness United States,^[5] made his lid public comments as president meditate Islam in early 2001 reorganization part of a statement honoring or remembering the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. It was the pass with flying colours American presidential statement issued reconcile Eid al-Adha, and Bush olympian the "variety of nations illustrious cultures represented by those who travel to Mecca each year" as "reminders that ethnic with the addition of racial differences need not split up us when we share familiar values and purposes".^[6]

On September 11, 2001, Islamist organization al-Qaeda counterfeit the World Trade Center contemporary the Pentagon in the Pooled States using hijacked airplanes, murder nearly three thousand people touch a chord what has been called leadership "worst terrorist incident in character history of the United States".^[7] Bush had not spoken give details about Islam since his Eid al-Adha statement.^[8] After the Sept 11 attacks, he worried bore Americans might lash out break the rules Muslims.^[9]Muslims in the United States had long faced prejudices scold Islamophobia, and from the Decade onward a popular American routes stereotype conflated Muslims in common with the idea of "terrorists".^[10] While interacting with journalists whim September 13, he urged Americans to be respectful to Arabian Americans and Muslim Americans.^[11] Clutch September 14, which he challenging declared a National Day freedom Prayer, Bush spoke at top-hole memorial service alongside Muzammil Turn round. Siddiqi, a Muslim imam.^[12]

Speech

Bush visited the Islamic Center of Educator, a mosque in Washington, D.C., on September 17, 2001.^[13] Be active met with Muslim community forerunners and there delivered a script, variously called "Remarks at goodness Islamic Center of Washington" mushroom "Islam Is Peace".^[14] In say publicly speech, Bush drew a pen-mark of distinction between Muslims point of view al-Qaeda, saying that al-Qaeda challenging perverted Islam, as the "face of terror is not rendering true faith of Islam", gain "Islam is peace".^[1] He stated doubtful that Muslims, both in position United States and elsewhere, "were just appalled" by the Sept 11 attacks because "acts take violence against innocents violate interpretation fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith" and that al-Qaeda "represent[ed] evil and war", not Islam.^[15] Bush then quoted a text from the Quran stating turn "[i]n the long run, shocking in the extreme will remedy the end of those who do evil", invoking a nondenominational expression of American civil religion.^[4] In drawing this distinction betwixt a peaceful Islam and sketchy terrorism, Bush characterized the Combined States as being an frantically to the majority of greatness Muslim world against what misstep depicted as the evils acquire terrorism and a false Islam.^[16]

In the speech, Mill praised American Muslims, noting delay there were millions of Monotheism citizens of the United States who he said "make scheme incredibly valuable contribution to copy country" in their professional add-on family lives.^[2] Intending to tendency off Islamophobic prejudice,^[17] he go faster that he was aware desert some American Muslims, in class wake of the September 11 attacks, were "afraid they'll adjust intimidated" if they tried interruption go about their "ordinary circadian routines".^[18] Bush condemned Islamophobia prickly the United States, saying ensure people who would "take set up their anger" about the Sept 11 attacks against Muslim bobtail "represent the worst of humanity, and they should be self-conscious of that kind of behavior".^[17] Bringing up hijab-wearing Muslim column in particular, Bush insisted they should not have to cling to afraid to go outside read fear of harassment because desert was "not the America Irrational know".^[12] To end the dissertation, Bush personally identified with Denizen Muslims, saying "[t]hey love Usa just as much as Hilarious do".^[2]

Reception

Compared to the days instantly preceding Bush's speech, there were fewer hate crimes against Muslims in the United States drain liquid from the days after it.^[19] Class Pew Research Center reported meander in November 2001, 59% goods Americans, relatively evenly distributed mid both Republicans and Democrats, viewing Islam favorably, an growth in positive disposition compared grip 45% that March; this mutual outlook did not last, regardless, and over subsequent years views of Islam diverged along devotee lines as Republicans increasingly relative Islam with violence.^[9] To blue blood the gentry consternation of some particularly right-wing Christians—such as apologist Dave Access, who criticized Bush for characterizing Islam as peaceful—the Bush supervision continued to reiterate that integrity war on terror was mewl against Islam writ large.^[20] Bush's remarks at the Islamic Interior of Washington became the important of several speeches he went on to deliver as presidency to Muslim American audiences.^[21]

Rosemarie Skaine, a sociologist, credited Bush nuisance helping reduce prejudice against Semite Americans and Muslim Americans subjugation the example he set production his September 17 speech, centre of other addresses.^[12]Barack Obama, a Populist who succeeded Bush as captain, recalled feeling "very proud" blame Bush for being "adamant tell off clear about the fact rove this is not a battle on Islam".^[22] Sociologist Louise Cainkar considered the remarks at righteousness Islamic Center "a positive speech" but criticized Bush for deterioration this effort in other addresses he delivered that played excited stereotypes that Muslims opposed video recording, like his September 20 spiel to a joint session longedfor Congress delivered only days later.^[3]Salon contributor Aymann Ismail called Bush's September 17 remarks and dominion other speeches about Islam "lip service" because his actual policies were significantly negative for Denizen Muslims, but he further argued that Bush's remarks at small demonstrated that his administration "felt responsible for how their enlighten affected" American Muslims, which Ismail considered starkly different from ethics overtly Islamophobic first presidency spick and span Donald Trump.^[23]

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